Patti LuPone review: Broadway treasure brings down the house — on Fire Island
nypost.comlater told People she gave up her card because the union “doesn’t support actors at all.”In “Company” by Stephen Sondheim, the actress’ tart-tongued socialite sang during the song “Ladies Who Lunch,” “Look into their eyes and you’ll see what they know — everybody dies!” But LuPone, a volcanic presence in and out of character, embodies more the mantra of her fame-hungry “Gypsy” character Mama Rose: “Anybody who stays home is dead!” So it was wonderful to see the fiery actress lively and out of the house, if not on Broadway, singing at the Ice Palace nightclub in Cherry Grove Saturday night.
The sold-out event was a coup for Fire Island. LuPone’s manager, traveling with her, had to repeatedly tell vacationers begging for tickets that there would be no extras handed out.
Rumors spread about where she’d have dinner after the performance (the Sand Castle on the Ocean).And strolling the boardwalks of Cherry Grove, you could hear the belty “Evita” star rehearsing from her house.
LuPone is at her best in scrappy settings like that. The venue hosted an underwear party the night before, and you sure can’t order a vodka soda mid-song at Carnegie Hall.Her 90-minute concert was appropriately free-form.
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